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Sadly, Simplifying The Checklist
I have been arguing back and forth with myself in the last few weeks. The problem is that writing is getting in the way of writing. When I started my blog I intended to write about art and poetry but … Continue reading
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Tagged art, decisions, letting go, memoir, painting, poetry, printmaking, priorities, reading, writing
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Of Faith and Geese
Fall has come quickly to Colorado, moving us to ask our annual question “Where did the summer go?” (We never seem to ask “Where did the winter go?”) Nature does not pay any attention to our timetable – if the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged autumn, Canada geese, changing seasons, faith and God, Heaven, memoir, poems, poetry, writing life
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The Hard Questions
The impressive Santa Fe easel, the Julian easel for outdoor painting, paints and brushes, canvases and boards lay unused in my studio, reminding me for over two years that I had given up. The fire to paint had reduced itself … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art marketplace, artists, contemporary art, discouragement, overcoming self doubt, painting, Ran Ortner, self-doubt, work ethic
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There Is Only One Way Out
We can’t say we haven’t been warned. The ranger, a woman who would be considered elderly anywhere else wears her uniform with authority. She lists the reasons we should consider carefully before descending the trail to the Cliff Palace in … Continue reading
FOR ALL THE LITTLE PEOPLE
There have been several younger men in my life recently as well as a couple of older ones, most of them strangers. There was Josh, the bee guy who went up on our roof twice to deal with a colony … Continue reading
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Tagged community, end of the world, groups, memoir, skills, survival skills, tradespeople, working class, writing
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Usually I see them traveling north on Oracle Road here in southern Arizona, carrying heavy backpacks and wearing the essential hiking hats and boots. They look like they are on a purposeful journey. Sometimes they are on bicycles loaded with … Continue reading
We lived below a mountain in a small village in New Mexico on what was once river bottom. The river had long ago become shallow, tame, lowered into the high banks that we would carefully walk down to dip our … Continue reading
Everything Looks Different Now
My brother, George, dealt with poor eyesight since he was a young child and wore glasses for most of his life. Occasionally he would have to hand off those glasses to a friendly bystander when he was forced to fight … Continue reading
Look Me In The Eye And Tell Me I Am Not Beautiful
We get up every day knowing that the sun will rise and if not shine brightly then at least lighten the sky behind the clouds, fog or snow and mark the passage of the hours. The moon is full or … Continue reading
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Tagged bobcat, desert, routine days, silence, Sonoran desert, wild animals, wild cats, writing
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Judy Robbins, Artist 